Stage 4 Corneal Ulcer

(Another over-due post that's just for the blog book)

I have had so much drama with eyes this year.  But none of it was as insane as Dan's.  

He woke up one morning with a pain in his eye.  By afternoon he was in so much pain that he was begging me to take him to the eye doctor. He was diagnosed with a Stage 4 Corneal Ulcer and referred to a specialist.  

It was very severe.  And in order to avoid a corneal transplant we put drops in his eyes every 60 minutes around the clock.  That meant neither one of us enjoyed a full REM cycle for many days.  It was rough.   He was extremely sensitive to light and was unable to work for several days.  He couldn't drive, he couldn't look at a computer screen.  He couldn't text.  The only thing he could do was talk on the phone in a dark room.  This was so hard on him.  He's a workaholic, and always keeps himself busy.  He's not one to sit still for long.

At one point he said to me, "I'd rather have a hole in my face, at least then I'd be able to watch TV."



The white stuff is just some of his eye drops.  He was on two different prescription eye drops.  One was painful. Both were expensive.



Holding his eye open for this picture nearly killed him. 



A month, lots of eye drops, and many, many doctor appointments later he is recovered.  His eye still has a scar.  Only time will tell how much this has effected his vision.  We hope that this won't rule out LASIK for him either.